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Jan. 21, 2014 | 01:09 PM

Mary Lambert was 'last resort' for 'Same Love'

This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows, Mary Lambert, left, Macklemore, right, and Ryan Lewis at the MTV Video Music Awards at the Barclays Center, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis had written and produced a song called "Same Love," but they needed a special hook to finalize the emotional track. Like the rap duo, Lambert is from Seattle, though she had never met them before.

Lambert was given "about two or three hours" to write the song's chorus and then record it the same night in front of the breakthrough newcomers, who were instantly impressed by the soft singer.

"Same Love" is nominated for the coveted song of the year at Sunday's Grammy Awards, pitting the rap song supporting gay love and acceptance against No. 1 smashes from Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Lorde and Pink.